Expanding Our Understanding, and Perhaps Our Empathy, for a Patient’s Pain

[摘要] The universality of pain in human experience represents one of the few clinical problems that all critical care nurses share with their patients. We have all endured this “unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage” 1 called pain. We have also intentionally or not inflicted it, reacted to it, coped with it, bemoaned its return, and gratefully recognized its relief. Just as our patients, some of us are fortunate to have only experienced pain that is acute, whereas others suffer daily with its chronic form. In clinical interactions with our patients, we regularly invest considerable time and effort attempting to detect, assess, prevent, minimize, and otherwise manage our patients’ pain. Just as our personal beliefs and values may influence our practice of nursing, our personal knowledge and experiences with pain may color our sensitivity and responsiveness to our patients’ pain.

[学科分类] 护理学

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